THE FIFTH ROUND OF ART PROJECTS' Theme: 

"Phoenix, Fractured, Aesthetics, Curves, Window "  picked from a box @ Li Ang residence  
Feb. 2014



DEBBIE LI-ANG

 "I used to think that if I was free as a bird, I can do whatever I want.  That mindset, I thought, would become more realistic. Instead, with age, I developed some curves in reality.  Subconsciously, I found myself entangled in aiming for the Phoenix. To me, a Phoenix is comparable to having almost perfect qualities in life. Unknowingly, this attitude is disabling me and causing the ground beneath me to fracture.”

18" x 24"

Acrylic on Canvas




FRANCISCO PABLO

"Aesthetics seen as a curved window aloft fractured Phoenix clawfeet."
5" x  6"
Glass, Metal




NOEL GARINGAN

"In a harsh, fractured, fractal world, it is very hard to prove one's self. Often enough, one is overpowered by the challenges and hurdles that one encounters in one's path. There will be burn-outs and defeat. But like a Phoenix, rising from the ashes, there is that inner strength that we can all tap into. One of this is by channeling our inner child, having no fear and full of wonder. This will help us along the current and future situations in life."

 11.75" x 17"

 Assorted art paper, tissue, card stock, paint, glitter and laser printout.

THE FOURTH ROUND OF ART PROJECTS' Theme: 

"Lavender, Bliss, See-through, Silenced, Love "  picked from a box @ Grand Eastern,Chelsea   
 April 4, 2013

NOEL GARINGAN

"Her lavender tinted dreams, filled with love, horror, hope and aspirations will for ever be silenced."

Winter 2014
Dream drawings are viewed as lamp is lit.
16" x 5" – Digital print-out, pen and ink, thread, cardboard, synthetic flowers and electric lamp.

FRANCISCO PABLO

I see Love through the silent bliss that lavender brings.

MAYVELYN 'FRANCIS' GUERRERO RAMOS

"Lord,Help me get through the day because I can't live by what I feel and about the truth it reveals.
She loves me, She loves me not".
Oil on canvas 22" x 271/2"

DEBBIE LI ANG

Feeling Empty....   Two birds gliding across the sky at dawn on Lavender field fills the air with Love and Bliss, replacing Silence and Emptiness.
Acrylic 16" x 20"

THE THIRD ROUND OF ART PROJECTS'  Theme: "Door/Doorway, Red, Hurtful, Happiness"
was picked from a box
@ Hallo Berlin,10th Ave.,NYC
December 2012

                                                               
                                                                FRANCISCO PABLO

 

Digital Art - "The Red hurtful door to Happiness"

                 You have to go through events that are painful before you achieve Happiness.

Video - " The Door to Happiness "

I wanted to attempt to illustrate what will the other side of the red door will look like.

Assemblage - Red Door to Happiness  (Front View)

   

 Assemblage - Red Door to Happiness (Side View Inside the door)

                                           After life’s trials, the open blue sea awaits.

NOEL MONTINOLA GARINGAN

Digital output with pen and ink drawing on paper with Lucite - "Happiness Gives Way to Misery Through the Red Door".

A happy couple could only be as happy as how we see them. A paper shadowbox shows a domestic scene where upon a happy portrait of a couple is hung on the wall. We see our image as we follow our lady. We relate to her domestic bliss and contentment as we can see ourselves in her life. But the wife hears something beyond the red door. Could it be the cat playing with a ball of yarn? As she peeks through, misery bestows upon her. Her husband is locked in a passionate kiss with another man.

DEBBIE LI ANG

                              

   Mixed Media on paper  
   " My Red Dream about the Door of Emotional Opposites"

           The door separates the two sides of the red world that portrays SADNESS. 

                    Ironically, it is also the key that breaks the impasse .

            I was inspired to paint this scene from a video I recorded from my travel in Mijas, Spain. 

           Two subjects: A dark stray dog wandering around aimlessly like a homeless person,

           and a rich man's dog who's got everything but can only look out the window. 

            Opening the red door represents their friendship that brings rapture of HAPPINESS.

    Even a happy life cannot be without a measure of darkness, 

    and the word happy would lose its meaning if it were not balanced by sadness. 

    It is far better take things as they come along with patience and equanimity.

                          Carl Jung

MAYVELYN 'FRANCIS' GUERRERO RAMOS

Oil on Canvas
HURTFUL, RED DOORWAY, HAPPINESS… “I am the way, the truth and the life. He who believes in me will never perish.”

THE SECOND ROUND OF ART PROJECTS' Theme: 'Sunshine in The Rain'
was picked from a box
@ Cafe Guy and Gallard,7th Ave.,NYC
September 2012

MAYVELYN 'FRANCIS' GUERRERO RAMOS

Oil on Canvas
Love lost but God's Love shines through in "Sunshine in the rain."


DEBBIE LI ANG

Acrylic on Canvas
It seems odd to see the concurrent rain in the background and no rain in the foreground.
The emotion of the subject here is the "Rain". Is it the feeling of being down,scared or.......that you see in the subject's eyes?
It's in the eyes of the beholder, to interpret its meaning.


FRANCISCO PABLO

Digital
"This life of separateness may be compared to a dream, a phantasm, a bubble, a shadow, a drop of dew, a flash of lightning."
Buddha
Qoute


NOEL MONTINOLA GARINGAN

Paper
"When viewed, we see raindrops, raining on a grassy field which is drawn on a white paper dress. It conveys a somewhat sad or empty feeling. But with careful inspection and with the help of a light source from the back, we are treated with vision of a girl reading a book. Around her are growth with flowers and a sun, in the shape of a heart. It is easy to conclude or conjure an emotion to what we initially see. But others do find happiness and contentment even in melancholy or gray days."

THE FIRST ROUND OF ART PROJECTS' Theme: "Autumn Leaves" was picked from a hat.
@ Toon , Park Ave.,NYC
June 2012

DEBBIE LI ANG

Acrylic on Canvas
I love the rustle of the Autumn leaves as I kick them around. It brings back the child in me and reminds me of how children could be so worry-free as they play with the fallen Autumn leaves. The arch , the bare tree looking up the sky, the eerie landscape on the background, and the moving water are the earthly elements I used symbolize moments of life.


MAYVELYN 'FRANCIS' GUERRERO RAMOS

Oil on Canvas
Inspired by 'beauty is in the eyes of the beholder' and an idealistic dream
of one of God's beautiful creation, a woman, in 'Autumn Leaves.'


NOEL MONTINOLA GARINGAN

Paper, Fiber
My mixed-media work tends to lean toward using paper and ephemeras. Illustrating my messages in shadow box forms has always been a theme.
With this challenge, I would like to illustrate a young girl, looking up to this tree with falling leaves. Within the texture of the tree trunk, we see faces of the elders, that represents time and wisdom. It reminds us of our mortality and how important it is to be a role model,guide or inspiration to the young mind.

The leaves are falling around her, as if, she is being showered by gifts of the elders. But, the burden of recognizing this, falls heavily on the youth. She may miss it the first time. She is given several chances to do so as the seasons repeat itself.



FRANCISCO PABLO

Assemblage

Digital

Assemblage
I wanted to use my newly-discovered, advanced stage of gingivitis in my art and compare the transient nature of the human experience to the falling of Autumn Leaves.


THE ARTISTS


DEBBIE LI ANG

Inspired by bringing inspiration to others....
Art allows me to express myself and to let others get an inside look at my creative life.
Life is short and travelling the world is of great interest to me. I use earthly elements to symbolize Life on this planet.


MAYVELYN 'FRANCIS' GUERRERO RAMOS

God is my ultimate Creator and Artist. I am very grateful for the faculties He gave me,....and the inspiration He made for my Art.


NOEL MONTINOLA GARINGAN

Working as a full-time advertising and digital artist, I needed to get back to basic, tactile expressions. With paper, ephemera and found objects along with my own drawings and paintings, I love doing shadow boxes, collages and three-dimensional objects. When we do art, we are connecting with our own souls. What an ultimate joy if everyone would just sit down and do art without conforming and being afraid.



FRANCISCO PABLO

photographed by Ray Madrid

As a drone in the fashion trade, I wanted to explore my utmost creativity and inspired musings on my free time. This group was the perfect outlet I was looking for. My prime intention is to meld all my passions:
the world of Film,Photography,Music,Sculpture,Design,Fashion,Craft & Art in my projects and come up with distinctively hybrid works of Art that is uniquely mine.